Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 98

Chapter 90

Sheila stepped into the room.

She walked over to the bedside, her expression etched with worry as she glanced at Henry. "Jessica, is Henry alright?"

Jessica knew Sheila could read sign language, so she skipped typing on her phone and signed directly.

"It's appendicitis, but he's okay now. The surgery's done."

"How did he get appendicitis all of a sudden?"

Jessica shook her head.

Sheila's face softened with sympathy. "Poor thing, must have been so painful for him."

Sheila pulled up a chair and sat down next to Jessica.

Jessica frowned, her mind drifting.

Timothy had suddenly started doting on her, buying her cake, acting unusually close, and upending one of her long-held suspicions.

so much, she

her heart

like aunt and nephew. That strange lack of boundaries made it awfully

Phelps and Sallie had dropped hints

Sheila showing up uninvited, Jessica's emotions

reminder of everything Jessica

gave in to the urge to ask Sheila outright—just to get the truth out.

ever since Sheila had first appeared before her, in both words and actions, she'd seemed to be on

Sheila and Timothy, would Sheila ever admit it? And if word got back

prided herself on

was so conflicted inside, desperate to know the truth, that she even felt the

tamped it down and sat quietly, not saying

broke the

don't you go home and get some rest? I'll stay with

not tired. You, on the other hand, just got off a long flight and haven't adjusted to the time difference. You should

his classmate's mother. He asked me to pretend to be

finish, but her

Jessica got the message.

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